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Neil Parish MP has showed his support at a Westminster event on Wednesday 10th December for Care2Save.co.uk, the newly-launched shopping site that will help raise funds for charities across Devon when people shop online.

Online spending over Christmas is predicted to reach an all-time high of £13bn. If just 5 per cent of purchases are made through Care2Save.co.uk, £19.5m could be raised for good causes this festive season.

The briefing enabled MPs to learn how Care2Save.co.uk provides a new income stream for hospices and charities in the UK. Donna Air – actress, designer...

Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, wore Healthy Seas socks made partly from recycled fishing nets this week in order to show support for World Animal Protections’ Sea Change campaign.

Aiming to reduce the amount of lost and discarded fishing gear that harms and entangles millions of animals, the charity asked MPs to support their move to achieve safer, cleaner oceans by raising awareness of innovative solutions such as socks from recycled fishing gear on social media.

The charity has come across many other projects that mare making products from recycled fishing gear...

Police are appealing for information after a parked car was extensively damaged in Honiton.

Abusive words were scratched into the paintwork of a black Ford Ka sometime between 8pm on Friday 12 December and 7.51am on Saturday 13 December.

The rear window of the Ka was also smashed during the incident on the St Pauls estate.

PC Steve Lee, based at Honiton police station, said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area at the time.”

Anyone with information is asked to call PC Lee on 101 quoting crime number CR/129742/14, or...

Neil Parish MP has popped on a pullover and posed for a festive photograph to support for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day campaign.

In its third year, and the biggest yet, Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day is bringing together supporters and campaigners to be part of its woolly revolution to 'make the world better with a sweater’.

Neil Parish MP said: "I'm delighted to support Save the Children to help raise funds for its vital work in the UK and around the world, and what better way to do this than to get into the festive spirit and take part in their...

Now that firm bids have been secured for the council’s Knowle site, detailed plans will be drawn up to move East Devon District Council’s offices to two council-owned sites in Honiton and Exmouth, but not to Skypark.

Tonight, (3 December) cabinet was updated on significant changes to the preferred location of new council offices - due to changing market conditions - which mean that SkyPark is no longer a financially viable option.

Now, the option of retaining the council-owned site in Honiton and maintaining the existing East Devon Business Centre alongside a new...

Forty pupils from local primary schools ‘took over’ East Devon District Council for a day and had their say on how it should be run.

On Friday 21 November pupils visited the council’s HQ at Knowle in Sidmouth to learn more about its services and meet staff and Councillors.

The youngsters were from Marpool Primary School, Exmouth, Broadclyst Community Primary School, Honiton Primary School and Whimple Primary School.

The 10 and 11 year olds were taking part in national Takeover Day, which aims to get children and young people involved with how decisions are made. It...

Police are warning residents to beware as fraudsters continue to target communities by telephone, particularly elderly and vulnerable people.

Three further incidents of telephone fraud have been reported in the Honiton and Crediton areas of Devon and St Agnes in Cornwall, totalling £138,000.

Fraudsters contact victims by telephone informing them that their accounts have been fraudulently accessed or that the bank has increased security.

Victims are then instructed to contact a false helpline or redial a legitimate number, with the current line kept open. The victim...

Police are investigating a burglary where distinctive gold rings were taken from a Honiton home. Offenders forced a window to get inside the property in Oaklea while the owners were away between 13 and 21 October. They stole four gold rings which are old and of great sentimental value. Taken were two ladies gold signet rings, one described as heart-shaped with grooves across and the other as oval-shaped with the letters JCK engraved on it. Also taken was a ladies white gold or platinum ring with a band of three diamonds and a ladies gold engagement ring which has a wide band and a round...